Last Day in Salamanca

Tuesday, June 29th

Last day of classes! We made it through our four weeks of classes and earned 9 hours of credit, the easiest college credit I think I'll ever get. It was weird walking with Ali to campus for the last time. We have gotten so used to our routine and the surroundings. The afternoon on our last day of Salamanca wasn't anything special, we walked around the shops looking for last minute souvenirs, but we made sure to get some helado for the last time. It was so worth it: lemon and raspberry was a nice treat on the hot day.

I thought Feli might do something special for my last meal at her house, but I thought wrong. She yelled "Melanie, vamos a comer" and I walked out to the kitchen expecting something extravagant, but it was just a microwaved pizza. It was still good though, I'll never turn down a pizza. After dinner, we met up for another round of tapas for the next world cup game vs. Portugal. Feli didn't think Spain would be able to beat Portugal because of Cristiano Ronaldo who normally plays for Real Madrid. It turned out to be a good game, mostly because Spain won 1-0! It was very exciting once again with the atmosphere. The bartenders painted our faces with the Spanish flag and people were yelling, dancing, and honking their horns I would not be this into soccer if I weren't in Europe, but it's so fun here. After the game, we went down to the plaza one more time. It is really one of the most beautiful places at night with the floodlit lights, I'm going to miss that place.